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Cleone L. (Anderson) Spiering |
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September 8, 1929 ~ January 4, 2018 |
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January 6, 2018 |
Cleone Anderson Spiering, 88, Libby, died of
natural causes on January 4, 2018, at Cabinet
Peaks Medical Center. She was surrounded by her
family. A Celebration of Life and potluck will
be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 13, at the
Elks Lodge, W220 4th Street, Libby.
Born on September 8, 1929 in Albee, South
Dakota, to Roy and Treva (Heller) Anderson.
Cleone attended Aberdeen Teacher’s College after
graduation from high school, becoming a 10 week
wonder.
She later received her B.A. from Spearfish
Teacher’s College in 1963. On June 5, 1948 she
was married to Merlin Spiering in Revillo, South
Dakota. Cleone worked as a teacher in a one room
school house for 11 years while her husband
farmed.
In 1959, Merlin, Cleone and their two daughters
moved to Spearfish, South Dakota, and in 1965
they began traveling with The Boeing Minute Man
Missile Program and Cleone gave up teaching.
They traveled with Boeing until 1978, when they
moved to Bull Lake, Montana, and purchased The
Halfway House.
Widowed in 1987, Cleone lived out at Bull Lake
until she asked her daughters for a chainsaw.
She was then moved to Libby. While in Libby, she
lived a full and independent life, spending her
time in her garden, with her family, playing
cards with her friends and going to bingo.
Cleone was preceded in death by her husband,
Merlin Spiering, daughter Candace Maples and her
parents, Roy and Treva Heller Anderson.
She is survived by her daughter Pamela Peppenger,
grandchildren Sydney (Steve) Ward, Sara (Shawn)
Miller, Zachariah (Tracy) McNew, Corey
(Jennifer) McNew and Jessica Maples, great
grandchildren Brandon (Malarie) Laffoon, Andrew
(Belinda) Boswell, Nick Christopherson, Paige
(Jimmy) Tolle, Kyle McNew, Chloe McNew and Riley
McNew, great-great grandchildren Brady, Brody,
James, Harper and Braxley, her grand-dogs Maya,
Rudy, Molly, Miles, Daisy, Kanga, Moses, Kotah,
Maggie and Daisy, siblings Jowaine Bevers,
Denniss (Gerry) Anderson and Jacquelyn (Jim)
Sterry, and numerous nieces and nephews.
Donations can be made to CPMC Infusion Center:
Spreading Joy for Jenny. Arrangements are under
the care of Schnackenberg & Nelson Funeral Home
of Libby. Online condolences and memories may be
shared by visiting
www.schnackenbergfh.com. |
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